Paul McGillion was born in Paisley, Scotland but emigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 2. He's worked extensively in film, TV and theatre for over 15 years and is best known for the role of 'Dr.Carson Beckett', the loveable Scottish physician in 'Stargate: Atlantis. Paul also recently co-starred in the Lifetime movie 'Just Breathe' alongside 'The Office's Melora Hardin, independent feature 'A Dog's Breakfast' with Atlantis co-star David Hewlett and appeared in JJ Abram's 2009 'Star Trek' feature film.

Other film credits include 'The Deal' with Christian Slater and Selma Blair, 'Jack' with Ron Silver, Stockard Channing and Anton Yelchin, 'A Guy Thing' with Julia Stiles and Jason Lee and the award winning 'See Grace Fly' for which Paul was nominated for a Leo Award, for his heart wrenching performance as 'Dominic McKinley'.

Television credits include lead and guest starring roles on ' Da Vinci's Inquest', 'Cold Squad', 'Smallville', 'Stargate: SG1', 'The Twilight Zone' and 'The X-Files'.

Theatre credits include leading roles in productions such as recent sell-out run of 'Reservations for Four' and previously 'The Foreigners', 'Piano', 'Savage in Limbo', 'El Salvador' and the Jessie nominated "Reservations for Two" which McGillion also produced and directed to rave reviews.